South Boston: The Next Jersey Shore?

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August 07, 2012

A passer-by departs a liquor store in Boston's South Boston neighborhood, on Thursday, June 23, 2011. (AP)

South Boston is a very different neighborhood today than it was two decades ago.

However, Southie continues to be portrayed as a caricature: a home to hard-drinking criminals, tough townies and vulgar women with big hair and bad make-up.

At least six real production companies have been scouting the old neighborhood with plans for reality television shows, and two of them are already scheduled to hit the air soon.

Guests:

Billy Baker, reporter for The Boston Globe and South Boston native

More:

The Boston Globe: With reality TV, is Southie about to be New Jerseyed?

This segment aired on August 7, 2012.